Father - daughter case of incest

Incest could really be very shameful and disgusting. Sometimes circumstances become such that it accidently happens. However, we should educate our children about it, when they are younger. Incest can lead to many complications and can ruin family lives of many. I am against it.

Well, It's not right period. No matter how you look at it. I had a discussion where a minister was going with his daughter locally here and the wife caught them, he killed her(the wife) and had her in a fridge for like over four years. When folks asked about her, he came up with excuses and finally after the daughter got pregnant and tired of it and went to three different families asking for help in stepping forward, did she go through with disclosing it to authorities. I don't know what the deal is with these situations, but it don't sound right to me. I am like this: we all deserve love and someone who love us for who we are but sometimes there is boundaries too in such things.

Incest is a big NO NO! for me. The parent should be the one to be blame because they can always say No or keep the relationship in its proper place. But consenting and worst, initiating this illicit relationship is just BAD BAD BAD.

I am feeling yuck after reading your post.I just cannot understand the mentality of such people.I think these people are shame on the face of the society and need to be punished severely for such heinous acts.

YES. It should be punishable by law. First of all, it is the question of morality. How can two people of the same family lose their moral values for lust??? Here in India, given the value system that the kids grow up with, I don't think such a thing will ever be tolerated by the society. Whether law punishes them or not, Society should be the first one to take a stand and punish both of them so that in future no one even thinks about it!

This is rather troublesome. What is probably even more troubling is that a relationship like this most likely started before the child was of a legal age. In the US, all the states have some sort of law prohibiting incest.

This is a really sick story because you know what they say about cases like this & incest... it probably started while she was not of legal age. Disturbing. I do believe that incest relationships in the states is a no, no & that we do have laws on that... It shouldn't be allowed at all...

I pretty much agree with laglen. If there must be a law, I don't think it should be punishing two consenting adults for their choices...I do think that there should be a law prohibitting people of incestuous relationships to have children...call it a kind of I don't know, it's just really irresponsible for the child. It's likely to have lots of health problems...and I don't care if you're happy in your relationship, but you shouldn't be making that choice for your kid. On the OTHER hand, I agree that that could potentially be a slippery slope. An opening for angry and hateful people to try to introduce other laws punishing adults for choosing to have children they know will have a defect or genetic disease, or sommat...which I'd firmly disagree with....because children produced by incest and children born with hereditary diseases are not the same, it's not so blatantly irresponsible. ...and that's mostly why I said "IF there HAD to be a law"...it seems best to just stay out of it and not make laws for it. Incest doesn't happen as often as it used to, it's not considered "normal" anymore...so we might as well, I guess. But like I aid, I agree with laglen...I just wish they wouldn't try to have kids.

Yes I have seen this story too in the news and I too also think that this is wrong, and I truly don't understand how they think it is alright to have children together which can result in so many disorders in the children! To me this is just plain selfish and only thinking of themselves and not what that poor child is going to have to go through for the rest of his/her lives!!!!! I just don't understand it....

I DID not go to the link....I think seeing it would make me sick for the rest of the day! The Father (adult) in this situation, I cannot think of punishment that would be cruel enough for him! The child is truly a misguided misanthropic, who is more likely suffering from the same syndrome, that is sometimes created by kidnapper & kidnappee! She probably has mentally developed beyond that of a child, and therefore cannot make good choices, and of course, he would not allow her any other choice anyway! This is SICK..SICK..SICK!

This is definitely not good. I just wonder how people can go for such thing when this is definitely not tolerable. Though personally, I am not in the position to say that it should be punishable. But there are other states that punishes such things.

I agree with everything you state. Incest is wrong, morally and ethically. I'm not sure what the laws are for a parent and child having incestual relationship if the child is an adult, but both this father and daughter you mention here should be taken to a psychiatric hospital where they can be treated for this insanity. Clearly, there is something psychologically wrong with the both of them. If they were sane, they wouldn't have involved themselves in this incest relationship, let alone conceive children through incest. Obviously they have something wrong with their minds.

it is very wrong. its the other guy in belgium that had is daughter trapped in a basement for 30 years. and already had 4 sons... its just sick

Yah thats as bad as it gets. I don't even want to comment on the situation. It feels like people like these would take us back to the days of paganism, and whether we like it or not, thats a story that probably came in the highlight, how many such stories are burried in the four walls of God knows how many houses.

Yes, the father should be punished for doing this to his own daughter. I would rather rehabilitate the daughter since I think she was just brainwashed by his father into this kind of relationship. The father on the other hand is rather very sick for really influencing his daughter into this and he should be put in prison for that or at least rehabilitated.

It is actually very wrong. However, it is still their choice. They are consenting adults though in the eyes of everyone it is 100% wrong. It is punishable through God's Laws but I think it should be also included into Man's Law's as well.

This is really disturbing. I must admit that adults can make their own decision. But incest is just wrong, and somewhat disturbing, in my opinion. It's normal for father and daughter, or parent and child, to love each other, in the way that parents should love their children, or vice versa. But not to the extent of incest. There is a limit.

I think that incest is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!! Yes, I think it should be punishable by law, and I know that in at least some places it is! How could anyone ever feel romantic about their own child or parent, or any relative for that matter. I hate to state the obvious, but this has probably been going on a lot longer than anyone knows, besides them and God. I hate to think of how long though. The thought of it all saddens and sickens me at the same time.

I believe that people have the freedom to choose right from wrong, I also believe that it should be punishable by the law, but I don't know if the law of Australia prohibits. It is wrong in many senses. Father and daughter love, shouldn't be that way. I feel sorry for the children of this couple. The concept is that they see it right, humans always do what the do, thinking that what they are doing is right. For them it is right, for us is a different story. But I reach the conclusion that it should be punished by the law.